African Holocaust: The Story of the Uganda Martyrs

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Pickle Partners Publishing, 2019 M01 13 - 274 páginas
African Holocaust, which was first published in 1962, tells the extraordinary story of how and why a group of 22 Catholic converts to Christianity in the historical kingdom of Buganda (now part of Uganda) were executed between 31 January 1885 and 27 January 1887. These “Uganda Martyrs” were killed on orders of Mwanga II, the Kabaka (King) of Buganda, at a time of a three-way religious struggle for political influence at the Buganda royal court. The episode also occurred against the backdrop of the “Scramble for Africa”—the invasion, occupation, division, colonization and annexation of African territory by European powers.

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DEDICATION
INTRODUCTION 8
Chapter TwoTHE IMPACT OF THE OUTSIDE WORLD 17
Chapter ThreeIN QUEST OF GOD 28
Chapter FourPROGRESS AND UNCERTAINTY 1880
1884 40
Chapter NineTHE CATHOLIC PROTOMARTYR JOSEPH
1886 107
NGONDWE AND ATHANASIUS BAZZEKUKETTA 140
Chapter FifteenGONZAGA GONZA MATTHIAS
NUMBER OF VICTIMS 183
DETAILED LIST OF THE CATHOLIC
BIBLIOGRAPHY 205

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John Francis Faupel (1906-1985) was born in Wimbledon, on the outskirts of London, England, to William (Wilhelm) Faupel and Rosa Faupel. He was the eldest in a family of eleven children. Father Faupel received his schooling at the King’s College in Wimbledon and graduated from Christ College in Cambridge in 1936. He was ordained in July 1932 and joined the St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill in North London. In 1937 Father Faupel was sent to Uganda, where he was engaged in educational work, and became chaplain of the staff at Kampala Technical Institute. He passed away in 1985 at the age of 78.

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